Joel Youngblood: ‘It was a really long day’

New York Met Joel Youngblood became the first player in Major League history to get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.

Dateline: August 4, 1982

New York Met Joel Youngblood became the first player in Major League history to get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. He started the day as a New York Met and collected a two-run single off Ferguson Jenkins in the third inning at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. Youngblood was notified he was traded to the Montreal Expos in the fourth inning. He grabbed his bats, left the ballpark and caught a flight to Philadelphia in time for the Expos-Phillies game. He pinch-hit in the seventh inning and singled off Steve Carlton.